Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ...

Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this ...

Speaking from Goma, the U.N's deputy head of its mission there said the situation remains highly volatile, with a persistent ...

Iran’s foreign ministry on Thursday slammed the “shocking” plan laid out by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and ...

Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says. A USAID statement said the order would affect all “direct-hire ...

Nearly three thousand people have been killed in the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to ...

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, ...

80-year-old Tripat Singh from Chandigarh is winning the internet with his jaw-dropping fitness videos. Proving that age is just a number, Tripat Singh has gained the status of an internet celebrity ...

Up to 167 women have been raped and killed after prisoners escaped jail in the DRC, according to a UN document seen by the BBC.